GCSS-A Increment 2

Abstract

(Project 083) GCSS-Army Increment 1 gives combat forces a decisive edge by providing soldiers a seamless flow of timely, accurate, accessible, and secure logistics information to get combat power at the right place, at the right time. The GCSS-Army program is an information and communications technology investment that provides key enabling support to the transformation of the Army into a network-centric, knowledge-based future force. GCSS-Army implements best business practices to streamline supply, accountability, maintenance, distribution, and reporting procedures in support of the future force transition path of The Army Campaign Plan. (Project EK2) GCSS-Army Increment 2 builds on the current foundation by providing auditable Army Enterprise Aviation maintenance, enhanced Business Intelligence/Business Warehouse (BI/BW) and Army Pre-Positioned Stocks (APS) functional capabilities and will sunset the legacy system Army War Reserve Deployment System (AWRDS). Increment 2 will deliver greater efficiencies to Aviation Logistics warfighters and improve information flow and accuracy in real time to decision makers, helping them make better decisions faster on the battlefield.This Project is undertaking to develop the underlying common architecture for the next generation Enterprise Business System converged capabilities. This will include efforts to implement updated Business Processes through Business Process Reengineering in a modernized technical capability. In FY 2020, the Army Acquisition Executive (AAE) approved the program's technical approach that provides the software solution for Enterprise Aviation via five incremental capability drops. The change resulted from technical risk identified by the vendor which would have significantly increased cost and schedule to the program. The new approach will integrate the Aircraft Notebook (ACN) with GCSS-Army for Aviation maintenance data, usage data, readiness data, Aviation supply processes, airworthiness data for Aviation assets, fully integrate the Aviation Critical Safety Item (Aviation Tracked Components for airworthiness) Process, and provide an end to end solution for the Aviation Directed Maintenance Action process. Implementation of the BI/BW capabilities provide enhancements in materiel and supply chain readiness analytics that are critical to improve commanders' understanding of weapons systems readiness, helping them make better decisions faster on the battlefield. The APS capabilities directly impacts the speed at which a deploying unit can draw combat equipment while reducing the burden of the day-to-day maintenance and accountability of Army Prepositioned Stocks. The FY 2022 funding continues design, development, and incremental testing for Enterprise Aviation capability in the GCSS-Army baseline software; FY 2022 RDTE funds also allows the Army to develop critical maintenance, supply and financial reports that will be used for Enterprise Aviation and key functional areas in order to improve readiness reporting. FY 2022 will provide the development and deployment of the final three Capability Drops that will integrate the Aircraft Notebook with GCSS-Army for Aviation supply processes, airworthiness data for Aviation assets, fully integrate the Aviation Critical Safety Item (Aviation Tracked Components for airworthiness) Process, and provide an end to end solution for the Aviation Directed Maintenance Action process.

Document Details

• Document Type: Project
• Publication Date: Oct 01, 2023
• Source ID: EK2_0303141A_7_2040_PB_2023

Tags

Fields of Study

• Engineering

Readers

• Aviation Safety and Air Traffic Management
• Enterprise Information Systems Architecture and Joint Command Capability Interoperability Support.
• Logistics and Supply Chain Management.